Adorable three-month-old pygmy hippo, Petunia, and her mum, Iris, are making a big splash at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. Conservationists say fewer than 2,500 mature pygmy hippos are left in ...

Viral sensation Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippopotamus is drawing fans from all over the world as the new celebrity face of the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in eastern Thailand. The young hippo was born on ...

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The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo announced their own tiny pygmy hippo, named Haggis, was born Oct. 30 ...

These are 35 of the cutest ... The Dwarf Hotot is best housed indoors in a large cage but will need time out each day to ...

Just when you thought Moo Deng was the only celebrity baby pygmy hippopotamus taking the world by storm in 2024, along comes another one. A new baby pygmy hippo in Scotland is following in three-m ...

Edinburgh Zoo/tiktok Move over, Moo Deng! A new adorable baby pygmy hippo has been born. On Monday, Nov. 4, the Edinburgh Zoo, run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, announced the birth ...

The hype has prompted animal rights group PETA to post a statement on its website saying "there's nothing cute about a baby being born in captivity". Endangered pygmy hippos are native to West ...

You won’t get a chance to see Haggis just yet. The zoo has closed the pygmy hippo area to zoo visitors for the baby’s first month. That allows zookeepers to keep a close eye on both Haggis and ...

“The first 30 days are critical for her development, so the pygmy hippo house will be closed for now to allow us to keep a close eye on mum and baby at this sensitive time.” The news comes hot ...